Leadg evangelil Steve Chalke has changed his biblil unrstandg of gays and lbians.
Contents:
- STEVE CHALKE BACKS GAY RELATNSHIPS
- STEVE CHALKE ON HIS NEW GAY AFFIRMG STANCE - UNBELIEVABLE?
- STEVE CHALKE AND GAY MARRIAGE: HOW CLIVE N EVANGELILS BE?
- STEVE CHALKE CHANG HIS MD OVER GAY MARRIAGE
STEVE CHALKE BACKS GAY RELATNSHIPS
Leadg UK evangelil Steve Chalke has wrten an article for Christiany magaze on why he now affirms mted, fahful gay relatnships. * steve chalke gay *
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Leadg UK evangelil Steve Chalke has wrten an article for Christiany magaze on why he now affirms mted, fahful gay relatnships. 21 April 2012 - The Gay Marriage Debate - Peter Tatchell vs Peter D Williams. 6 Nov 2010 - Ex-Gay and Gay-Affirmg approach to homosexualy “Two different approach to supportg gay Christians” Jonathan Berry & Jeremy Marks.
Leadg evangelil Steve Chalke has changed his biblil unrstandg of gays and lbians. After years as a tradnalist on the issue he now believ that permanent, fahful, stable homosexual relatnships are not sful.
STEVE CHALKE ON HIS NEW GAY AFFIRMG STANCE - UNBELIEVABLE?
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His change of heart has led him to ll upon the church to be more acceptg of gay people. "Rather than nmn and exclu, n we dare to create an environment for homosexual people where issu of self-teem and wellbeg n be talked about; where the virtu of loyalty, rpect, terpennce and fahfulns n be nurtured, and where exclive and permanent same-sex relatnships n be supported? The article follows Chalke's recent cisn to hold a service of blsg his church for a gay uple.
STEVE CHALKE AND GAY MARRIAGE: HOW CLIVE N EVANGELILS BE?
The magaze's rint theologian Greg Down also appears the latt edn of Christiany to argue that the Bible is "uniformly negative" about homosexualy. "The soberg fact is that out of all the Bible referenc to homosexualy, every one is negative regardg s practice, " he wr.
"Those who say the Bible do not teach homosexual practice is wrong are simply engagg hermentil gymnastics, which they embrace a revisnist terpretatn which is pletely alien to the origal meang of the text. "Others, of urse, will wele his announcement, seeg as an opportuny to make the Church more open and welg to homosexual people.
Steve Chalke's Oasis Church has lnched an 'Inclivy Charter' says is "a new iative which has been created to support church seekg to be clive of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr people". This uld be a rnerstone for buildg posive mental health the gay muny. Brish Baptists urged not to host gay weddgsBrish Baptists and gay marriage: will spl the nomatn?
STEVE CHALKE CHANG HIS MD OVER GAY MARRIAGE
Evangelil Alliance rponds to Steve Chalke over Gay MarriageThe general director of the Evangelil Alliance, Steve Clifford, believ Steve Chalke is wrong to nclu that the Bible endors same-sex relatnships. At a Soul Survivor semar last summer, a Baptist mister who liv wh same-sex attractn troduced his talk to a marquee full of young people by ditg that he would love to fd a theology the Bible which would support a sexually-active gay life. Last year, the Evangelil Alliance produced a rource for lears entled Biblil and Pastoral Rpons to Homosexualy - put together by a missn of eight and peer reviewed by 40.
It follows on om the highly rpected Fah, Hope and Homosexualy book produced some 14 years ago, bg a clear and succct statement of biblil teachg on marriage and sexualy. It exprsed regret for the Church's past and prent failure relatn to the lbian and gay muny. "Mr Chalke, who a few weeks ago nducted his first gay blsg service his church Waterloo, says that the Bible pats a far more clive picture than many acknowledge, " wr Tim newspaper relign rrponnt Ruth Gledhill an article entled 'Evangelils' lear backs gay marriage'.
Back 2001, Chalke wrote an article for the same magaze (then lled Christiany and Renewal) entled 'What might J say to Roy Clements about the Church and the Homosexual bate? The Rev Roy Clements was a major lear who rigned his pastoral role and was ejected om the Evangelil Alliance, followg two s of high profile mistry, when he revealed that he was gay, left his wife and began a relatnship wh another man.